Once again, I guess. But we're not talking about someone selling loose cigarettes or running an unlicensed lemonade stand. We're talking about someone that murdered someone.
this is not complicated, dude.
I’ve seen some surveys that suggest black Americans are less likely to report crime in general, ostensibly because they don’t think the police will actually do anything about it other than maybe hassle them.
Apparently it's true that black Americans are less likely to report crime based on the United health CEO murderer survey and that seems like a reasonable idea about why. I'm just surprised.
Part of my job involves attending neighborhood watch/community watch meetings, usually in heavily Black neighborhoods. The police send people to attend as well. Without fail, the (Black) people at those meetings beg and plead for more police activity in their neighborhoods. Granted, the demographic that attends these meetings skews older/retired and cares more about crime than your average person, but I don’t think it is a simple black/white issue.
i mean, dude....old people who take the time to attend community meetings about policing want more policing?
"I don’t think it is a simple black/white issue."
Sure. Do you know a single Black person who has ever boiled chicken?
The flip is also true, though. No one has cared enough about over policing during the many years I have gone to these meetings to attend and ask for less policing, even though this would be a great time and place to do so.
people who are doing crime or have family/friends doing crime or are worried about over policing aren't likely to publicly complain about policing and thereby ID themselves.
He's no Putin.
Is that really true? I could think of a couple other explanations for not wanting to call law enforcement than black people not trusting them. I suspect there are a number of different reasons for a number of different people as opposed to a blanket black people don't trust law enforcement. And that of course ignores the majority of black people that would have turned this murderer in according to this poll.
You could think and suspect, or you could listen and learn. It isn't like the relationship between African Americans and law enforcement is some undiscovered county- there are myriad studies about opinions and engagement with law enforcement from African Americans and other ethnic groups, which could help guide your understanding.
In addition to what others have already said about the relationship between black Americans and law enforcement, we're talking about someone who murdered a wealthy white CEO for a very specific reason that doesn’t apply broadly. I doubt many in the black community are concerned about being his next target.
Sure, but most in the white community aren't either. There aren't that many healthcare executives. I can't think that's the reason for the difference in attitudes.
It's not the reason but a piece of the puzzle, imo. That's why I started my post with "in addition to...".
I guess we don't know for sure but I'm just not seeing it. Seems like on a percentage basis there would be a roughly equal number of white Americans and black Americans that are not healthcare executives so any hesitancy to report a murder of those same healthcare executives for that reason should be roughly equal as well.
lmao.
news.gallup.com
www.pewresearch.org
www.thejusticegap.com
www.pbs.org